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Part III. — Eleventh Annual Report 



Net put 

 down, where, 

 and time. 



Course of 



Boat 

 thereafter 

 and 

 Depth. 



Total 

 Depth 

 of Water 



and 

 Nature 



of 

 Bottom. 



Surface Fauna 

 (Tow-net). 



? 2 



Pelagic Ova 

 Nature, Size. 

 Larval Fishes, 

 Nature, Size. 



Post-Larval 



Fishes, 

 Nature, Size, 

 Coloration, 

 etc. 



Hydromedusae. 



24th Mav 

 188S. 



2| miles E. 

 of Pier, S 

 miles N. of 

 KinkellNess 



11.15 a.m 



W. 



fathoms 



9 fathoms 

 Sandy 



Eggs of rockling 

 13 Copepoda, Halite- 

 mora longicornis 

 Exuviae of Balani 



| hour 

 12 noon 



Sarsia tubu- 

 losa, a few 



1 Sarsia 

 pulchella 



Lesueuria 



vitrea, many 

 Pleurobrachia 



many 



2(ith May 

 1SS8. 



S miles from 

 shore 



.Midway be- 

 tween Kin- 

 kell Ness 

 and Pier 



11.50 a.m. 



W.S.YV. 

 3 fathoms 



6£ fathoms Copepoda, Halite- 

 Sandy mora longicornis, a 

 few 



Exuviae of Ralani 



| hour 

 .12.30 

 p.m. 



Many of gur- 

 nard, all 

 showing 

 embryo with 

 pigmented 

 yolk and 

 lens fully 

 formed 



A few ova of 

 brill (?) 



3 gadoids, 

 11, 19 and 

 24 mm. 



Thaumantias 

 lucida CO, 

 brick red 

 marginal 

 ocelli, 

 numerous 

 and rather 

 thick ten- 

 tacles 



Sarsia tubu- 

 losa 



Lesueuria 

 vitrea, very 

 few 



28th Mav 

 1888. 



4 miles E. of 

 Pier, 3 miles 

 from Kinkell 



1.30 p.m. 



w.s.w. 



4 fathoms 



8J to 6£ 

 fathoms 

 Sandy 



1 Copepod, Centro- 

 pages hamatus 

 Exuviae of Ralani 



\\ hour. Many ova of 

 2.50 gurnard, 

 p.m. sprat, dab, 

 cod, had- 

 dock, whit- 

 ing, brill (a 

 few) 



1 Cottus, 9 

 mm. , per- 

 manent 

 caudal rays 

 scarcely 

 apparent 



8 gadoids, 2-5 

 mm. to 20 

 mm., smal- 

 lest exhibit- 

 ing perma- 

 nent rays in 

 caudal fin 



5 sand-eels,18 

 mm to 20 

 mm., one 

 partially 

 digested by 



Pleurobrachia 



3 flounders, 

 9 mm. to 15 

 mm. 



2 Thaumantias 



melanops 

 Sarsia tubu 



losa, a few 



Lesueuria 



vitrea, a few 

 Pleurobrach ia, 



many 



1st June 

 1888. 

 Near Pier, in 

 line with 

 Scoonie Hill 

 and end of 

 Pier 

 10.30 a.m. 



N.E. 

 2J fathoms 



5 fathoms 

 Sandy 



| hour 

 11 15 



18 gadoids, 

 7-5 mm. to 

 24 mm. , 

 smallest 

 with mere 

 trace of 

 permanent 

 rays in 

 caudal fin 



6 flounders, 

 9 mm. to 12 

 mm. , with 

 eye on each 

 side of head, 

 and perma- 

 nent rays 

 present in 

 smallest 



Thaumantias 

 pileata, a 

 few 



Thaumantias 



melanops, 



many 

 Laodice 



cruciata 

 (Thaumantias 



pilosella), 



numerous 

 Thauman- 

 tias, (?), a few 

 1 Margelis 



ramosa 

 (Bougainvillia 



britannicd) 



Lesueuria 

 vitrea, in 

 swarms 



Pleurobrachia. 

 very few 



